LEADER 05207nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910792094003321 005 20230802012825.0 010 $a1-283-59352-1 010 $a1-84816-763-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000093118 035 $a(EBL)1019626 035 $a(OCoLC)809409767 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000737331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11469216 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10799931 035 $a(PQKB)10054652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1019626 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1019626 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10596919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390597 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000093118 100 $a20120924d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEveryday probability and statistics$b[electronic resource] $ehealth, elections, gambling and war /$fMichael M. Woolfson 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press ;$aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cDistributed by World Scientific Pub.$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84816-761-X 311 $a1-84816-761-X 327 $aContents; Introduction; Introduction to Second Edition; Chapter 1. The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2. Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Inherited Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game - American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3. A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3 327 $aChapter 4. Making Choices and Selections4.1. Children Leaving a Room; 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5. Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch, That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6. Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7. Combining Probabilities: The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon: A Card Game 327 $a7.3. The Thrower's Chance of Winning at American CrapsThrowing a "natural"; Setting a "point" of 4 (or 10) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 (or 9) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 6 (or 8) and then winning; Problems 7; Chapter 8. The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels; 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; Probability of a "natural"; Setting a "point"; Setting a "point" of 4 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 and then winning 327 $aSetting a "point" of 6 and then winningSetting a "point" of 8 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 9 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 10 and then winning; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9. Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10. The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation; 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions 327 $a10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics10.5.1. Some special numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric light bulbs; 10.8.2. People on trolleys and under-used resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11. Statistics: The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11; Chapter 12. The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks; 12.1. Rare Events 327 $a12.2. Typing a Manuscript 330 $aProbability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways - as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to give a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.In this second edition the author presents a new chapter exploring science and 606 $aProbabilities 606 $aStatistics 615 0$aProbabilities. 615 0$aStatistics. 676 $a519.2 700 $aWoolfson$b M. M$0605502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792094003321 996 $aEveryday probability and statistics$93681007 997 $aUNINA